Registration Fee - $ 100
The registration fee is $100 per enrollment. No additional registration fees are required for students who have continuous enrollment without attendance, progress, or conduct termination.
Tuition - $ 399 per month
If the student does not graduate within the normal time frame, monthly tuition payments (based on the rate of tuition in which the student enrolled) and any other fees will be made by the student until student graduates or until the expiration of the maximum time and a half timeframe.
All students enroll for the entire program. If the student does not complete the requirements of the program at the expiration of 12 quarters of continuous enrollment, and all tuition for that period has been paid, and the student in good standing wishes to continue to be enrolled in the school, that student will be required to continue to pay the school at the same tuition rate, due and payable on or before the start of the quarter until such time as the one and one-half maximum timeframe for completion regulations expires.
A fee of $25 will be assessed for each returned check. All non-tuition fees and charges are subject to change without notice. One transcript of student grades will be issued without charge to the student provided all financial obligations to the school have been satisfied. Additional copies or transcripts will require a fee of $5.00
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS
The textbooks may be purchased from various vendors at the appropriate time of taking a specific course. (Call the school office for purchase information.)
- We teach the NCRA approved StenoMaster Realtime Theory which was written by the World Champion Speed Writer, Mark Kislingbury. Mark holds the World Champion Speed Record and also is in the Guinness Book of World Records for writing 360wpm Q&A at 97.22% accuracy.
- The NCRA Approved StenoMaster Realtime Theory was designed to help students build speed at a faster rate writing fewer strokes.
- Our textbooks are NCRA approved.
| THEORY: | |
| The StenoMaster Theory | $250 |
| Author: Mark Tod Kislingbury | |
| Copyright, 2004 | |
| Includes: StenoMaster Dictionary CD | |
| LEGAL TERMINOLOGY: | |
| Legal Terminology - A Programmed Approach | $ 50 |
| by Mary H. Knapp | |
| Published by Stenograph | |
| UNDERSTAND ENGLISH GRAMMAR: | |
| English for Court Reporters | $ 80 |
| by Lillian Morson | |
| Published by Lillian Morson | |
| COURT PROCEDURES: | |
| Court Reporter’s and CART Services Handbook | $ 90 |
| 4th Edition, by Mary H. Knapp and Robert W. McCormick | |
| Published by Prentiss Hall 2003 | |
| MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: | |
| Quick Medical Terminology | $20 |
| by Shirley S. Steiner |
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR THE
ONLINE COURT REPORTING PROGRAM
Machine Shorthand students are required to have the following:
REQUIRED SHORTHAND MACHINE:
- Refurbished Stentura 400SRT machines are available with one-year warranty. Call the school for details. $900
- A Stentura 200SRT or 400SRT, or comparable realtime capable writing machine (programmed with the Smartwriter-Stentura software protocol.*)
*Shorthand writing machines which do not have the Stentura-Smartwriter software protocol are not suitable.
TRANSLATION SOFTWARE:
In order to write realtime, you will need a translation software. If you need help in choosing a translation software, you may call the school office for information.
COMPUTER:
- Desktop/Laptop computer with Windows XP or Vista operating system.
- CD-RW drive
- USB ports (3 minimum)
- MP3 compatible
- DSL or Cable Internet access
- Microsoft Word 2003 or later
- Personal e-mail address
- Headset